which team plays the most games against a top 25 team this season

28 teams are tied for the most games against a team against the AP top 25 this season, with 1 game. The first three are the Northwestern Wildcats, the Arkansas Razorbacks 2 times and the Buffalo Bulls.

	TEAM	GP	OPP	SEASON	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Northwestern	1	Hoosiers	2026	0	1	0	3	23	23.0	29	29.0	21	36.4	100.0
2	Arkansas	1	Bulldogs	2026	0	1	0	2	17	17.0	45	45.0	18	36.4	50.0
3	Buffalo	1	Nittany Lions	2026	0	1	0	1	13	13.0	55	55.0	13	6.7	100.0
4	Colorado State	1	Cougars	2026	0	1	0	3	23	23.0	41	41.0	17	50.0	0.0
5	Florida State	1	Crimson Tide	2026	0	1	0	5	36	36.0	50	50.0	17	53.3	66.7
6	Kent State	1	Buckeyes	2026	0	1	0	0	3	3.0	59	59.0	6	25.0	0.0
7	Kentucky	1	Aggies	2026	1	0	0	4	31	31.0	21	21.0	18	33.3	100.0
8	LSU	1	Rebels	2026	0	1	0	3	24	24.0	32	32.0	19	52.9	66.7
9	Louisville	1	Mustangs	2026	1	0	0	6	41	41.0	31	31.0	22	30.0
10	Michigan State	1	Fighting Irish	2026	0	1	0	1	10	10.0	27	27.0	11	36.4	100.0
11	Ole Miss	1	Tigers	2026	1	0	0	4	32	32.0	24	24.0	25	60.0	100.0
12	New Mexico	1	Sooners	2026	0	1	0	0	6	6.0	14	14.0	12	21.4	50.0
13	Rutgers	1	Trojans	2026	0	1	0	5	35	35.0	42	42.0	27	54.5	75.0
14	SMU	1	Cardinals	2026	0	1	0	4	31	31.0	41	41.0	27	35.7	60.0
15	UTEP	1	Wolverines	2026	0	1	0	2	17	17.0	52	52.0	9	16.7	50.0
16	UTSA	1	Longhorns	2026	0	1	0	0	6	6.0	30	30.0	9	9.1
17	Troy	1	Tigers	2026	0	1	0	2	17	17.0	27	27.0	18	41.2	50.0
18	Utah State	1	Utes	2026	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	33	33.0	10	28.6	0.0
19	West Virginia	1	Cavaliers	2026	1	0	0	5	38	38.0	27	27.0	21	46.7	100.0
20	Western Kentucky	1	Hoosiers	2026	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	38	38.0	10	26.7	0.0
21	Kennesaw State	1	Volunteers	2026	0	1	0	0	9	9.0	42	42.0	18	38.5
22	Houston	1	Red Raiders	2026	0	1	0	3	26	26.0	28	28.0	27	60.0
23	Texas Tech	1	Cougars	2026	1	0	0	4	28	28.0	26	26.0	22	60.0	0.0
24	Wake Forest	1	Hurricanes	2026	0	1	0	3	20	20.0	33	33.0	20	33.3	33.3
25	Arizona	1	Cougars	2026	0	1	0	2	17	17.0	28	28.0	19	41.7	0.0

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More Northwestern Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

807

Chiles

RUSH

143

Sawchuk

REC

245

Wilde

Team Rankings

PPG

32.7

62nd

OPP PPG

18.0

49th

RUSH YDS/G

146.0

109th

PASS YDS/G

269.0

43rd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
14	Oregon	0-0	2-1
15	Wisconsin	0-0	2-1
16	Northwestern	0-1	2-1
17	Purdue	0-1	1-2
18	Rutgers	0-1	1-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM
Sat 10/10	BALL	@	NW	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	NW	@	MSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	RUTG	@	NW	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	NW	@	ORE	1:00 PM

Last Game

Northwestern

2 - 1

Final

Indiana

4 - 0

Fri 25 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

550

Duff

476

Legree

444

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

228.6

Mensah

215.3

Becht

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

5.0

Diawara

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

47.7

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

9.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	3	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	2	1	.667
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	0	1.000
9	Texas	3	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	2	1	.667
5	South Alabama	2	1	.667
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
9	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
12	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	3	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	3	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Baylor	2	1	.667
9	Colorado	2	1	.667
10	Iowa State	2	1	.667
11	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
12	TCU	2	1	.667
13	UCF	2	1	.667
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	0	1.000
3	UCLA	3	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Illinois	2	1	.667
10	Maryland	2	1	.667
11	Michigan State	2	1	.667
12	Minnesota	2	1	.667
13	Ohio State	2	1	.667
14	Oregon	2	1	.667
15	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	3	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	1	.667
6	Virginia	2	1	.667
7	SMU	2	1	.667
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	3	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	1	.667
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	2	.333
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	2	1	.667
8	East Carolina	1	2	.333
9	North Texas	1	2	.333
10	Rice	1	2	.333
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	1	2	.333
13	Charlotte	0	3	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333